Tag Archives: poetry
Transient element of Morning
When hopes are dashed
If I could
From the Cliffs
When you reach your limit
When you reach your limit Hold on Breathe deep Can youListen to the stillnessWhen all around is loudStand firmThough your heart wantsTo runDiscern when in strife You see no reason?Breathe deepFocus And move on.
No such thing as bad weather
‘There’s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes’. A local saying and so true. Just back from a lovely walk across fields along a flat ridge. No view as such but the sun not far from view despite the rain intensifying by the minute. Shrouded whiteLike ships in full sailGalleons adriftTrees movingContinue reading “No such thing as bad weather”
Haiku – Scandi-style
Memories to keepBeautiful script from the heartSimplicity shines
The Keepers
Think of these as keepers,Closed ranksOn hidden secretsForm connotations of mystic meaningThreaded through time. The world withoutDark mystery withinWaiting;Questions surround;Clear purpose inside.What covert unionMaintains the recumbent secretUnscripted in ancient rocksFrom Welsh Pressili hills?Behemothic bluestoneHewn a hundred miles awayWith Neolithic tools-Rome wasn’t built in a day Or Pyramids by the Nile;Which age considered primitive?The stones won’tContinue reading “The Keepers”
Cairn
Sculptural artOr pile of rocksThe view aloft on mountain tops;To one just a ragged moundAnother a safety line is found;When lost in mist the drop is sparedBy the site of stones ahead impaired.One time with friendWe’d set off clearIntentions sharp, maps set No fear;We reached the ridge in record time And onward to the peakContinue reading “Cairn”
Ruth Partridge 